Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Daniel Harmer was transported on the Mangles, departing 30th Jun 1824 and arriving 27th Oct 1824 with 192 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 167 (85) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
"I wuv my pookie 😍"
"He was my servant back in 1828. He was very good, didn't have to whip him too much. Very good boy."
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Convict Notes
Daniel Harmer was born on 1 December 1796 and christened on 11 December of that year at Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk. He was the son of John and Susanna Harmer nee Harrison. Daniel was sentenced on 22 Dec 1823 at Lewes, Sussex, to transportation for life for assault with intent to rob. He departed Portsmouth on 13 July 1824 aboard the ship Mangles and arrived in Sydney on 27 October 1824. His convict indent describes him as a 28 year old cordwainer (shoemaker). He was 5' 4¾" tall, with a pale/freckled complexion, brown to red hair and grey eyes. The 1828 census lists Daniel as an assigned servant to Mr James James of Sydney. Daniel was granted permission to marry Catherine Burnell on 2 Apr 1833. Catherine was born about 1805 in Dublin, Ireland, She arrived free in Sydney on the City of Edinburgh on 12 Nov 1828 with her mother Mary Ann and her younger brother George and sister Ann. Daniel and Catherine Harmer had a family of ten children. Five of those children died in infancy or early childhood. Daniel was granted a ticket of leave in 1833 on condition he remain in the Sydney district. On the 1 April 1839 Daniel is on a list of persons recommended for a conditional pardon and on 29 April 1840 his name is listed in the New South Wales Government Gazette under conditional pardons approved. Daniel died in June 1868 at Campbelltown NSW where he was visiting as a commercial traveller. Daniel and his family lived for many years in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.